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Going completely against the grain here most likely and have been all tournament, I’m no football expert and don’ pretend to be, I trade it and I don’t watch a lot but over the years have seen plenty and always followed England, so maybe I’m able to look at things from a different perspective, but I’m really not getting, or am impressed by the overly negative opinions of this England team everywhere you look. OK so they haven’t lived up to ‘expectations’ but what England team has ever done so or instilled flawless confidence in the nation and media? This is the Euro’s and footballers have never been fitter, stronger or more well trained and not one wants to loose and all will be giving all they have to win. every player in every team is a pro and can play to the level almost all men can only dream of, so no game is easy nor should it be and we see that every tournament. We’ve made some bad mistakes and had luck, but so have other teams. Italy are out. Portugal have struggled in their round 16 match, we’re not exceptional in that regard. The way i see this is for what it is, we’ve played below our potential but are unbeaten, got the group placing we wanted, conceded 2 goals in 4 matches and in the last were all over the opposition who defended superbly on the ropes for the majority of the match but we never gave up, never stopped believing we could win and ground out what will probably be a game that will always be remembered for the goal that took us in to extra time; when will any of us see a game saved in that way again, let alone an England game in an international tournament? Never. That’s the s**t you dreamed of seeing growing up watching England and dreamed was you scoring. Too many times we’ve been on the receiving end. Every team we are yet to face if it’s a close game won’t be able to switch off for a second right until the last because we’ve proven we’re dangerous and capable or changing a game in a moment with the slightest of chances to them and more importantly the players have proven it to themselves. And we’re still favourites, despite playing ‘badly’ which speaks volumes for other nation’s and own own collective opinions respectively. If this is how we play badly in an international tournament then I’m more than comfortable with it. Personally I’ve seen it all with England as we all have so if we’re in we’re in and that’s what matters. On to the next match. A win’s a win, it doesn’t matter how it’s done.
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Update
Week 6: £161.05 - £177.15 (30th June 2024)
Made a loss of £17.50 this week. A mixture of England / France at the Euros followed by a very poor J-League midweek
Actual Bank is £192.10
Hoping to bounce back this week, although I'm expecting it to be quieter.
le jeu avant tout
Am Yisrael Chai
When you got skin in the game, you stay in the game
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@Tony-Hastie Smart move, same! if they win it all the other teams should be ashamed of themselves lol
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@Ryan I traded out of my (small) england lay before the quarters. Im not getting a lot of the "we're bringing it home" vibe that Ive seen in every tournament theyve played in since time began. Instead its be the "how crap are we" vibe! Buggers will probably win it now
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Wow England are amazing aren't they, what's with all the press around them as well? It's all well skewed....
Like 'That Bellingham goal will become history' Yeh because of how it got England out the s**t. Not because they were any good lol
What was Kyle Walker doing?!
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@Alastair-Todd Spain v Germany will be a tasty game!
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WHAT AN OWN GOAL FOR GEORGIA!!!!!
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@Andy-Donnelly said in *****New Football Thread*****:
@Martin U3.5 at 1.3 looks decent when you factor in only one knockout game under Southgate went over that line
wow great stat!
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@Akiva-Anderson I think they will but 1.19 to qualify that's confidence!
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@Martin U3.5 at 1.3 looks decent when you factor in only one knockout game under Southgate went over that line
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@Martin said in *****New Football Thread*****:
6.0 looks big on Slovakia to qualify. England should get through but I wouldn't want to back them at 1.19 from what I have seen so far!
Took England to win tonight at 1.46
le jeu avant tout
Am Yisrael Chai
When you got skin in the game, you stay in the game
But you don’t get a win unless you play in the game... -
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@Nick-Allan so are you saying 100 selections per year? This can be hard to do well on long term as that's only an average of 1 selection per 3.65 days.
That said these strategies can sometimes have the biggest edges as it makes sense that big value prices would not occur all the time.
I prefer as many results as possible really and if you have backtesting I would want more than two years in this case. I guess forward testing will be the place to add time to it.
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So in the summer months which are quieter I’m doing a lot more back testing of strategies.
But one of things I’m struggling with is the amount of selections I’m getting, and to see if it’s a viable sample. So, say I’m doing an Over 2.5 goal back testing over 2 seasons in CGM (which some may use). In order to look at good strike rate and yield I may end up with only 200 games. Of course I would look at those 200 games in greater detail but should I be looking for a larger section of games with a lower yield or strike rate? So if you have 200 games at say 38% SR and 6 point yield but you have 300 games with say 35% SR and 2 point yield, which is better to analyse?
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Looks like Holland are most likely opponent next. If that does end up the case, then I hate saying it but I don’t think he can keep Foden in the team unless we have a better end to end left back (which we don’t).
Expect he’ll match them up and play a flat midfield three (rice, Bellingham and Mainoo) and thus no room for a number 10.
In other news, Austria trade went well yesterday. Shame I didn’t take my own advise and pull the trigger on the Swiss as well. Missed that one, they went from 70 to 48 yesterday without kicking a ball.
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@Richard-Latimer said in *****New Football Thread*****:
Hard to argue with any of this.
We are beyond boring!
100% agree
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@Wayne-Thomas 100% its not fluid, there's hardly any movement at all.
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Hard to argue with any of this.
We are beyond boring!
Trading Spreadsheet linked below
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@Akiva-Anderson Absolutely. I really get the feeling those players hate playing that way. You can see the resistance to it in their attitude and effort. The sloppiness of the passing last night was ridiculous. They're really not buying into it at all. There don't seem to be any established patterns of play and every time I watch, I'm left wondering how an earth they're going to create a chance. Utter garbage!
